Hi Moxicarose,
The Heart is desperate, Treacherous & exceedingly weak, Who can know it, God can & does, so I'll pray that God spiritually strengthens & searches out Your Heart. I know what you speak of regarding the initial distrust of other Humans, especially ones outside of the Forum. At the Forum, there is a genuine level of comfort in this area. Humble yourself & in due time you will be exalted, you appear to be making efforts in that direction based on your first Posted sentence, not that you've never been Humble or your not humble, but you expressed the right attitude. I found the below statement by your Girl " Friend " of some interest and it brought to mind the Scripture: "Let He or she who thinks that they are standing, beware that they do not fall." Plus, "Pride is before a crash & a Haughty spirit is before a stumbling." Scriptures to consider mentioning to her if the opportunity arises, but if She has an air of superiority, She won't spiritually hear them, Read Below !
Mat 21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Mat 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
Mat 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Mat 18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
Mat 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Tell Your friend what Jesus told Simon the Pharisee.
Luk 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Luk 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
Luk 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Luk 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Luk 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Jesus came to save sinners & that which is lost, everyone is in a Lost condition at sometime in their Life.
Moxicarose, beware that you don't cast your spiritual pearls before swine that they trample upon them, this may be true in regards to Your "Friend." May God infuse in you the desire to apply this Scripture.
Your comment regarding this Friend below.
Recently I met a young(er than me) girl who I believe is sincere (though sincerely mistaken) and who had expressed a desire to be good friends with me. I have in recent years learned not to count someone my very close friend until enough time has gone by, and enough humanity has been endured on both sides. Only then can I begin to 'count on' anyone..and even then, I only truly count on the Lord! Anyway, I have tried to find a way to remain loving this person at 'arms length' as I generally do.
However, I am finding this incredibly difficult, because she is openly hateful to sinners. (especially on her Facebook account) She is so harsh and so, well, rude.
Kind Regards, Samson.
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